Shanghai Cooperation Organization (2009)
Chair: Blaine Coyle – University of Illinois at ChicagoTBA
Political Officer: Jiore Craig – University of Rochester
Email: sco(at)cimun.org
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The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is an intergovernmental mutual-security organization which was founded in 2001 by the leaders of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Except for Uzbekistan, the other countries had been previously been members of the Shanghai Five, founded in 1996; after the inclusion of Uzbekistan in 2001, the members renamed the organization. The SCO is primarily concerned with issues of Central Asian stability and security, often describing the main threats it confronts as being terrorism, separatism and extremism. Speculation, however, is growing that its involvement in social development, economic issues and resource collection, is growing rapidly. The SCO at CIMUN will include both full member states as well as states with observer status in the organization. |
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Committee Topics:
1. Membership Enlargement
2. Securing Sustainable Energy Resources
3. Piracy in the Indian Ocean
4. Open Agenda
Committee Documents:
Articles and Committee Updates
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Post Type | Publication | Author | Published | Posted Here |
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| Key oil figures were distorted by US pressure, says whistleblower | Article | Guardian | Terry Macalister | 11/10/2009 | 11/10/2009 |
| An Interview With Iran’s Foreign Minister | Article | New York Times | Min. Manouchehr Mottaki speaking with Neil MacFarquhar | 09/30/2009 | 09/30/2009 |
| Backgrounder on SCO | Article | Council on Foreign Relations | Andrew Scheineson | 03/24/2009 | 09/29/2009 |
| Brief history of Shanghai Cooperation Organization | Article | Chinaview | Xin Hua State News Agency | 09/29/2009 | 09/29/2009 |
| Destabilizing Baluchistan, Fracturing Pakistan: Balkanization of the Triangle of Jundallah, the Taliban, and Sipah-e-Sahaba | Article | Global Research | Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya | 11/10/2009 | 11/10/2009 |
| http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/11/china-slams-u-s-for-inflating-global-asset-prices-via-carry-trade.html | Article | Credit Write Downs.com | Edward Harrison | 11/15/2009 | 11/16/2009 |
| International Relations in the New Coordinate System | Article | Rossiiskaya Gazeta | Sergey Lavrov, Russian Min. of Foreign Affairs | 09/08/2009 | 09/29/2009 |
| Parsing China's North Korea Policy | Article | World Politics Review | Richard Weitz | 11/10/2009 | 11/10/2009 |
| Russia, Slovenia Sign South Stream Gas Pipe Accord | Article | Bloomberg News | Stephen Bierman and Anna Shiryaevskaya | 11/16/2009 | 11/16/2009 |
| SCO Official Website (in English) | Link | 09/29/2009 | 09/29/2009 |